Test 1 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet
Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one." What is likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Dance crazes, nan · What happens: go, be, not do · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 29 «Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet» of the arts course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 new | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 new | punct |
| 6 | Dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crazes | compound |
| 7 | crazes | craze | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 new | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 new | cop |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 did | punct |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 nan | nmod:poss |
| 12 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 did | nsubj |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 did | advmod |
| 14 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 did | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Dance crazes | new property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not do in a quote | past | my nan | one | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What is likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His nan had crazes too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | crazes | craze | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 had | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | His nan | crazes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craze=Patient |
Option 2
Nobody really danced at all before the internet came along
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 danced | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 danced | advmod |
| 3 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 all | fixed |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 danced | advmod |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 came | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 internet | det |
| 8 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 danced | advcl |
| 10 | along | along | ADV | _ | 9 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past | Nobody | all property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come along | past | the internet | along property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Dancing was banned in most countries until the year 2000
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 banned | aux:pass |
| 3 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 countries | case |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 countries | amod |
| 6 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 banned | obl |
| 7 | until | until | ADP | _ | 9 year | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banned | obl |
| 10 | 2000 | 2000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 year | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | past · passive | Dancing | most countries | year | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Only famous people on television danced in the past
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 people | advmod |
| 2 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 television | case |
| 5 | television | television | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
| 6 | danced | dance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 people | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 past | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 past | det |
| 9 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 danced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | participle | famous people on television not said here | the past | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in past=Location |
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